About Us

Ours is a noble story of rewarding Australia’s servicemen that began in 1969. Commencing with just three cottages run by the Bulwarra Co-op Ltd (Bulwarra) as a short-term respite for military staff at 3rd Training Battalion, Singleton, Liverpool Area Headquarters, Ingleburn and Eastern Command Personnel Depot Marrickville. Meanwhile, a group of far-sighted officers from Headquarters Eastern Command, Singleton, Victoria Barracks and Liverpool Area Headquarters secured funding to purchase land and build a holiday facility that would provide free seaside accommodation for servicemen returning to Sydney from South Vietnam for their R&R break with their families.

Five of these officers went on to become the first members of our unpaid Board of Directors, and Bulwarra, one of the largest construction undertakings in Terrigal and was officially opened on 4 March 1971.